Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates, développé par Square Enix Product Development Division 2 et édité par Square Enix, est paru le 23 août 2007 sur Nintendo DS. Ce jeu d'aventure et de rôle constitue un préquel à Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Le récit met en scène Yuri et Chelinka, des jumeaux fraternels vivant paisiblement avec leur père dans un petit village, dont le bonheur s'interrompt lorsqu'une ancienne force maléfique survient et brise leur famille. Yuri s'entraîne alors pour affronter le mal à son retour, et les jumeaux partent retrouver leurs amis, venger leur famille et guérir leur monde.
L'opus a reçu une note moyenne agrégée de 76,00. La presse a salué plusieurs de ses qualités, le magazine 1UP relevant notamment un équilibre et une courbe de butin appropriés, tandis que Cheat Code Central a qualifié le titre d'excellent en évoquant un gameplay mémorable, des graphismes époustouflants et un mode multijoueur. Certains joueurs interrogés sur Metacritic décrivent une expérience hybride RPG et aventure d'action plaisante, bien que des vétérans regrettent un scénario et des dialogues trop sucrés pour jeunes joueurs, alors que d'autres joueurs y voient surtout un spin-off chargé de souvenirs et de nostalgie.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« It's balanced and has just the right loot curve, unlike games such as Champions of Norrath, which offer too many loot drops but nothing worth keeping. Come for the single-player appetizer, but stay for the multiplayer grandeur. Ring of Fates is a keeper. »
« An excellent title. It features memorable gameplay, stunning graphics, and a great multiplayer mode. It is also a very long title, and will keep you playing for quite a while. »
« Easily the best Square title on the DS available now, and possibly the best value for money title on the system too. »
« Loses a tiny little something if you're not ever going to see the four-player stuff, but it's undoubtedly a very cool and enjoyable hack-'em-up no matter how you play. »
« A satisfying multiplayer adventure with more than an hint of "Phantasy Star Online" about it. [Apr 2008, p.70] »
« A surprisingly valiant effort. It has variety and charm, and even though the RPG elements feel a bit wasted on the action-heavy gameplay, it still flows well. »
« The story is well written and very entertaining, and the cast of characters really grow on you. »
« Its no-nonsense, pick-up-and-play sensibility is perfectly portable, and for many Final Fantasy fans it’s an excellent stopgap while waiting for the DS remake of Final Fantasy IV. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Another enjoyable RPG/platform arcade adventure hybrid but as it is aimed at younger players, veterans may find the syrup-soaked story and dialogue painfully twee. »
« worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this spin off game in the series. »
« The game is alright, the story is meh, I kind of got bored from the story. The boss fights are meh, I always don't know how to do damage to the bosses. The characters are meh, I didn't get into any characters in this game. Some puzzles were ok but a lot of them, I didn't know what to do. »
« For the first FFCC on Ds, not bad. The story was compelling and definitely worth. Graphically, looks great for a DS game. Music is what you would expect out of a Final Fantasy and/or Square Enix game, so great there too. The only complaint i have would be the Gameplay. Its rather annoying to have to find orbs to cast magick, i'd prefer an MP system personally, though what really gets me is the level design, which can be confusing (such as in the last dungeon). Overall, a good game and well worth playing for the story. (oh, and launch the MP aspect when you finish the games story, then travel to the singleplayer starting village for a special treat!) Graphics: 8 Music: 8 Story: 9 Gameplay: 6 Overall: 7.75/10.00 »
« This game was pretty fun, if difficult to control at times. The story was actually pretty good, with compelling characters, but it did grow especially confusing at times. While the ending for the villain was satisfying, the ending for the twins felt almost bittersweet. Story mode is infinitely better than the allegedly single player option. You have to progress through the main story to be able to do anything in it, and it's overwhelmingly brutal. Not to mention the strange lack of a female Yuke model? However, that mode is meant to be played multiplayer, but chances are you will not find anyone to play with, rendering it single player, and very disappointing. And having to alchemize magic that runs out very easily is a total pain. Art: 8 Story: 8 Music: 8 Gameplay: 6 »
« This game has multiple modes such as Story Mode, Wireless Group Multiplayer and Offline Solo Multiplayer along with the ability to trade decorated moogles over Wifi. Story mode is the general main story which is rather well written for a translation and has some decent voice acting as in certain portions of the story. The multiplayer mode (solo and group) consist of doing minigames, missions, challenges and traveling through maps with either a group over wireless or solo offline with no restrictions of story mode. The music is for the most part repetitive and forgettable while sound effects and voice acting is pretty good. The level design is pretty bland and repetitive as they are constantly recycling the same map for most of the missions. The enemy AI traits like to be cheap by disabling you with ice or thunder magics and then surround you and beat you down while you can't react. You have four classes which boil down to a knight, a mage, an archer and an alchemist and can buy equipment and stat upgrades to make your character stronger or make you own equipment with materials you find. Although the game is extremely bland and rather difficult, there is more than enough content in the game to keep you playing for quite awhile if you are willing to go for 100% completion or are willing to play wireless multiplayer with friends. »
